Healthcare Standards (Motorcycle Guy)

Teaching an AI to Remember

The author documents how he turned GitHub Copilot CLI’s stateless behavior into a persistent knowledge base by creating a global ~/.copilot/copilot‑instructions.md file. Over a month the file grew to 413 lines, encoding rules for Jira workflows, credential protection, project‑switching, output formatting, and more. By using simple “remember” commands, each lesson was automatically added to the file, turning the AI into a reliable, mentored teammate. The post shows how this approach eliminates repetitive prompts and captures developer expertise for future sessions.